9 APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR NEW CHIEF OFFICER ROLES
To consider the confidential report of the Chief Executive regarding the appointment process for new Chief Officer roles, attached.
Minutes:
The confidential report of the Chief Executive was submitted regarding the appointment process for new Chief Officer Roles.
RESOLVED
(i) That Mark Heath and Suki Sitaram be appointed to the positions of Chief Operations Officer (Customer Experience) and Chief Strategy Officer and Mike Harris to the position of Service Director, Growth in an acting capacity pending a market recruitment exercise being conducted for these 3 roles from June 2016 concluding with the assessment and the formal recruitment process in September 2016, with those having expressedan interest in the roles being guaranteed full consideration.
(ii) that those individuals that have expressed an interest as both internal and only applicants in the Service Director roles for Transactions & Universal Services, Finance & Commercialisation and Digital & Business Operations be assessed and interviewed by the Chief Officers Employment Panel at the earliest opportunity (March 2016) before deciding whether a wider market search is required;
(iii) That the roles of Service Director, Intelligence, Insight and Communications go to wider market immediately, aiming for Chief Officers Employment Panel consideration in June; and
(iv) That interim arrangements are put in place to cover the role of Service Director, Adults and Housing (DASS) with a review of the Chief Officers Employment Panel recruitment process to be followed in April 2016.